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WALK IN THE LIGHT

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 29, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 51.

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WALK IN THE LIGHT.

By Ellen G. White

THE children of God are wise when they trust in that wisdom alone which comes from above, and when they have no strength but that which is from God. Separation from the friendship and spirit of the world is needful for us if we would be united to the Lord and abide in him. Our strength and our prosperity consist in our being connected with the Lord, chosen and accepted of him. There can be no union between light and darkness. God intends that his people shall be a peculiar people, separate from the world, and be living examples of holiness, that the world may be enlightened, convicted, or condemned, according as they treat the light given them. The truth that has been brought before the understanding, the light that has shone upon the soul, will judge and condemn if it be neglected or turned from.
In this degenerate age error and darkness are preferred rather than light and truth. The works of many of Christ's professed followers will not bear the test, when examined by the light that now shines upon them. For this cause many do not come to the light, lest it should be made manifest that their works are not wrought in God. Light discovers, makes manifest, the evil hidden under darkness. Men of the world and men who are Christ's servants indeed may be alike in outward appearance, but they are servants of two masters, whose interests are in decided opposition to each other. The world does not understand or discern the difference; but there is an immense distance, a vast separation, between them.
Says Christ, "Ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world." The true followers of Christ cannot enjoy the friendship of the world and at the same time have their life hid with Christ. The affections must be withdrawn from the treasures of earth, and transferred to the heavenly treasure. How difficult was it for the young man who had great possessions to withdraw his affections from his worldly treasure, even with the promise of eternal life before him as his reward!
When all that we have and are is not consecrated to God, selfish interests close our eyes to the importance of the work, and the means that God calls for is withheld. But he who has lent us this means for the advancement of his cause, will frequently withdraw his prospering hand, and in some way scatter the means thus withheld, and it will be lost to its possessor, and lost to the cause of God. It is not preserved in this world or in the world to come. God is robbed, and Satan triumphs.—Testimony for the Church No. 20.